Main Activity
The research projects focus on mechanistic organic photochemistry, emphasizing the use of photochemistry to solve interdisciplinary problems in chemistry, physics, and environmental sciences. Flash and pump-and-probe photolysis are the most important tools for producing transient intermediates of elementary reaction steps and for time-resolved spectroscopic characterization in kinetic studies.
Unique Features
The laboratory provides the academic community with access to advanced time-resolved laser flash instrumentation and the necessary expertise. It has all the necessary equipment to solve complex problems in organic and physical chemistry, and it shares this equipment with cooperating departments and guests.
Key Equipment
- Nanosecond laser flash spectroscopy system (170 ps Nd-YAG laser)
- Pump-and-probe spectroscopy system (150 fs Ti:sapphire laser)
- Fast transient kinetic measurements under cryogenic conditions
- UV/VIS/NIR absorption spectroscopy (transmission and reflectance measurements)
- Spectrofluorimeter (excitation and emission spectra)
- Optical benches for steady-state irradiation experiments
- Laboratory of organic synthesis
- Walk-in cold room and photochemical cryogenic photoreactors
- NMR, GC, HPLC, GC-(HR)MS, HPLC-TOF, MALDI (shared)
This facility is part of the Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX) at Masaryk University, enabling top-level research related to toxic compounds in the environment, including their behavior, transport, fate, effects, and associated environmental and human risks. The Czech government included RECETOX in the Czech Roadmap of Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation in 2010.
